419 scam: ibrahim hussein <> I WANT TO INVEST

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: ibrahim hussein <>
Reply-To: ibrahim_hussein35@live.com
Date: 8 Jul 2011 17:52:13 -0000
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST

Dear Friend,

My Name is Mr. Ibrahim Hussein I am branch manager of a Bank here in Libya. I got your information during my search through the Internet. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problems, I only hope we can assist each other, but If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.

On the course of the last month attack by the coalition force, mistakenly one of our bank security guard truck was attacked, thinking that is military truck for Gaddafi but the truck was moving cash to a save place due to the crisis in the country.

Immediately I discovered that the cash security truck was destroyed including the delivery documents, the driver with 2 of my officers. However, I moved immediately to the place where the truck was attacked, but unfortunately we found nothing left.

It is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office informing them about what happened, meanwhile I made Ten million Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars (US$10,750.000.00) which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since placed this fund with the incident.

As an officer of the Bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist to receive this money into your Bank Account or invest in a very profitable business in your country. While you will have 20 % SHARE of the total fund which is negotiable.

Note there is no risk involved, because cash have no trace, all I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of this fund where I deposited it personally and invest till the crisis is over and I will tender a letter of resignation to the bank owned by Gaddafi family.

If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your response I will detail you on how we can achieve it successfully.

Best regards,

Mr. Ibrahim Hussein

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